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Cannabis Butter From Vaporizer Leftovers
Use the spent material from a vaporizer to create one cup of potent and versatile cannabis butter.
One needn't throw away vaporizer leftovers. The heated plant material does not lose all of its potency in the vaporization process, and it's easy to make use of those leftovers by dissolving the cannabinoids into a fatty mixture like oil or butter.
This recipe uses only butter, water, and ground marijuana. Potency will vary based on the strains that comprise the leftover vaporizer material, how spent the plant materials is (ie darkness of the roast), and individual tolerance level.
Disclaimer:
Check your local laws to determine if this project is legal where you live. I reside in Colorado, a state in which recreational marijuana has been legalized for adults over the age of eighteen. However, laws governing the sale, distribution, and use of marijuana vary by state as well as internationally. Use sound judgment, make good choices, and always use care when consuming edibles of unknown potency.
Step 1: Ingredients and Tools
Consumables
Kitchen supplies
- (2) half-cup sticks of unsalted butter
- (4) grams of vaporizer leftovers*
- (1) gram of ground fresh cannabis
- (3/4) cup of water
- cheesecloth
*Vaporizer leftovers vary in potency. A potent strain will yield more potent leftovers. The amount of heat applied from the vaporizer will determine how dark your roast looks: lighter color generally indicates that you'll get more potency whereas a darker color indicates that you extracted the potency with the vaporizer and may need to supplement with additional leftovers or the addition of fresh herb.
- stovetop range with a low heat setting
- 1 quart saucepan
- wire mesh strainer
- 2-cup round dish
- refrigerator
Step 2: Mix, Heat, and Wait
The low heat setting ensures that you don't inadvertently overheat the THC, thereby compromising its potency. Because THC is not water-soluble and the dried herbs float, the addition of water to the mixture is solely to float the ground herb away from the heat source.
- Add the butter, ground herb, and water to the saucepan.
- Set the burner to the lowest heat setting.
- Set a timer for five or six hours, then wait.
- Stir occasionally, making sure to scrape any errant bits of material from the sides of the pan.
Low and slow is the way to go to ensure that the THC bind with the lipids in the butter.
Step 3: Strain and Chill
After your mixture has simmered for several hours, it's time to strain it to remove the solids from the mixture.
To do so, simply lay a square of cheesecloth over your mesh strainer. Secure the sides with one hand while pouring the mixture over the cheesecloth. The warm butter and water will pass through the cloth and mesh, leaving behind a buttery pile of damp solids. Use a spoon to squeeze out the remaining liquids, and you should end up with a dish of greenish-brown butterwater.
There may be some fine material in your cooling dish, and that's okay. It'll rinse off after the mixture separates and cools.
Let the mixture cool at room temperature, then cover it and pop the dish into the fridge for several hours to help the fats solidify. I recommend leaving it overnight to solidify. If you must hurry, do not use the freezer. Instead, fill a larger dish with cold water and place your smaller buttery dish into it to speed up the chilling process.
Step 4: Drain and Rinse
Behold the power of specific gravity!
You'll notice that the fats all rose to the top of the dish, where they solidified into a puck of butter. The water settled to the bottom, and any tiny bits of floating herb floated above the water but below the butter.
To drain the water, I use a chopstick to poke a hole along one edge of the butter puck and another on the opposite side. Then simply pour the water out and discard it.
My butter puck has little brown bits of floating herb stuck to it. A quick rinse under cool water washes that right off, and you're left with a clean batch of cannabutter.
Step 5: Finished Product
You should be left with just under 2 cups of clean, green cannabis butter.
Use it when baking, as a topping on toast, mixed into tea, or eat it plain. For the first few attempts at this recipe, pay close attention to the potency and use more or less vaporizer leftovers as needed.
Ingested marijuana takes longer to reach your bloodstream than vaporized marijuana. It can take anywhere from 30-90 minutes to feel the effects. If you have just eaten a heavy meal, it will take longer for the THC to reach your bloodstream. Conversely, if you haven't eaten for several hours, the THC will hit your bloodstream faster. The psychoactive effect lasts longer when THC is ingested (up to eight hours) so don't drive, operate heavy machinery, or hang out with your in-laws in the hours immediately following ingestion.
Another way of using you vaped cannabis
How to Make Infused Cannabis Coconut Oil
What do a medicated sipping cocoa, a THC-infused sensual oil-based spray, and a line of body care products all have in common? Besides being among the most sought after products in the cannabis market today, all of these innovations incorporate the same basic ingredient: coconut oil.
Why is Coconut Oil Popular for Cannabis Infusion?
Coconut oil has managed to infuse its way into some of our industry’s most sought-after products, including edibles and topicals, but why? The reason can be attributed to a few important factors. First, coconut oil has among the highest concentration of fatty acids (saturated fats). The surplus of these fatty acids in the coconut oil create a stronger binding agent for cannabinoids. Compared to olive oil, which contains a saturated fat content of less than 20%, coconut oil contains over 80% saturated fats and thus has the ability to retain far more cannabinoids during extractions, rendering far more medicinally efficient products in return. Coconut oil, therefore, is a near perfect medium for cannabis.
Coconut Oil Uses and Health Benefits
Coconut oil also contains other sets of beneficial acids that have been known to have a list of potential health benefits. Lauric acid is a great example — when digested, lauric acid creates a monoglyceride that acts as an antimicrobial. These fatty acids are found in abundance in coconut oil, making it a top contender for those looking for a healthier oil base than butter or canola oil.
Another fantastic benefit of using coconut oil is that when you use it to extract cannabinoids, your end product will remain solid at room temperature. The versatility of a cannabis-infused product that remains solid at room temperature is paramount when considering its use as a topical agent. Furthermore, its solid state allows the oil to be easily stored via gelatin capsules, a widely popular and highly effective method of distributing cannabinoids. Gelatin oil capsules are so simple and easy to make at home that the ingredients can be purchased from just about any pharmacy or online, making the process of infusing capsules at home a relatively simple DIY project.
How to Make Cannabis-Infused Coconut Oil
Ease of use may be one of the most under-appreciated benefits of coconut oil in making infused products. Aside from the fact that you can purchase coconut oil relatively inexpensively from just about anywhere, the process of decarboxylating and infusing cannabis into coconut oil requires only a few simple ingredients and can be done at home with minimal effort. Check out Leafly’s recipe for infusing coconut oil – the end product is tasty, versatile, and, if stored properly, can last a very long time without degrading.
Recipe for Cannabis Coconut Oil
Ingredients:
Hardware:
- 1 cup of ground cannabis flower (or less for milder potency)
- 1 cup of coconut oil
Directions:
- Strainer or cheesecloth
- Grinder (a simple hand grinder works best; appliances like blenders and coffee grinder pulverize the cannabis, resulting in edibles with bad tasting plant material)
- Double-boiler, slow cooker, saucepan, etc.
Once you’ve got an infusion of coconut oil, the uses are nigh endless!
- Grind the cannabis. You can include the entire plant, just the flower, a little bit of both — this is all a matter of preference. Just keep in mind that anything small enough to fit through the strainer will end up in your finished product, so again, do not grind your cannabis to a fine powder.
- Combine oil and cannabis in your double-boiler or slow cooker, and heat the two together on low or warm for a few hours. This allows for decarboxylation (activation of THC) without scorching (which destroys the active ingredients). Cooking can be done a variety of ways: in a slow cooker on low for 4-6 hours, stirring occasionally; in a double-boiler on low for at least 6 hours (8 is better), stirring occasionally; or in a simple saucepan on low for at least three hours, stirring frequently (a saucepan is most susceptible to scorching). In all cases, a small amount of water can be added to the mixture to help avoid burning. Note: whatever method you choose, temperature of the oil should not exceed 245°F.
- Strain and store the oil. Do not squeeze the cheesecloth; this will simply add more chlorophyll to your oil. All remaining plant material can be discarded or used in other dishes if you have the wherewithal. The oil’s shelf life is at least two months, and can be extended with refrigeration.
Expect to see coconut oil remain a staple in future cannabis infusions across the market. As major brands continue to innovate, coconut oil should thrive on the ingredient lists of more products to come. If, however, you don’t have access to a dispensary near you or want to try a fun DIY with your own material, you can always make your own at home. Trust us, you’ll go coconuts for this stuff!
- Combine your infused coconut oil with beeswax and aloe to make your own an infused cannabis topical
- Use your coconut oil in place of oil in a recipe of your choice to make a variety of infused dishes (try Herb Roasted Potatoes!)
- Infused coconut oil can easily be used as lubricant in the bedroom (but be safe! Coconut oil may weaken condoms)
- Put your infused coconut oil into capsules for easy measurable dosing
- Make an infused cannabis tea latte
that reminds me here a pic of some Bay shit from my last trip like that Big Al's you got.
wish i had more went thru a few cans/jars before I remembered to be takin flicks. This strain is Synergy/Gashouse, shit was great - that right sativa dominant balance
No Big Als tho unfortunately a nigga was disappointed. You lucky to be able to find it on our end b
He just look at the stereotypical muthafuckas. I know older Kats who smoked their whole life and retired from the job with no issues. They went to work everyday and functioned normally. It's dudes my age and younger who smoke, they be on the job high and you wouldn't even know it because the act normal. So many misconceptions about Marijuana. I say all of this and I don't even smoke.You really underestimate who and how many people use marijuana
Spoken like a person who knows not what the fuck he's talking about. Gateway drug??? I've smoked bud for years and have never had a desire to do harder drugs, and I'm betting I'm not the only one. Oh, and never use an absolute like "never" with respect to something will not happen in your opinion.
shit was fiyur!!
Can you get high off of meat smell or your kids... You ever heard of second hand meat smell where you get health issues off of it? You see he accepts your habit as long as it's only you getting the affects...what you do shouldn't affect me or having me smell like you or get high from your habits...there are drug test for certain careers and your habit shouldn't affect my employment
they call it contact for a reason and as a person whose thrown tons of events that smell is not a good look for when you leave the location and have to go into public areas...imagine you leaving a spot with that weed smell all over your clothes and even that scent getting into your hair than somehow being next to law enforcement and explaining you weren't getting high...in fact I heard some places are giving you d.u.I tix for weed ...so if you got pulled over and that scent is all over you what you think will happen? Ole boy was juss saying be considerate of your intake of weed and cigs... I get him cause I hate the smell of that shit, use to have to air the fuck out of clothes after certain parties...especially cigs
Or you could be considerate and figure how to consume your own habit without affecting others...if I was a smoker and knew that the whole world didn't maybe I would do it b4 or after an event..maybe I would find other alternatives that the smell won't surpass through walls... I won't blast music at certain times a night and tell my neighbors go find another place to live or put sound proof material in their house no I'd be considerate and get headphones since listening to music is my own vice...weed wasn't the creation of partying...parties have and can easily exist without weed...what I can do is tell individuals to smoke anytime b4 or after event or juss not invite them anymore... Most times those individuals found out they rather party than stayed at home doing nothing...I can see you inconsiderate being that you claim there's way to work around police...unfortunately I'm black with Brown skin my eyes aren't blue and skin ain't white like yours negotiation with officers isn't that easy when your skin is darker than a paper bag
